Here's another lockdep report for you. If you hard link a file, the attached occurs. ============================================= [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] 3.15.0-rc6-fsdevel+ #367 Tainted: G W --------------------------------------------- ln/2974 is trying to acquire lock: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9/2){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff81137121>] generic_file_splice_write+0x88/0x154 but task is already holding lock: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9/2){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8111cf8d>] lock_rename+0xd3/0xdc other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 ---- lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9/2); lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9/2); *** DEADLOCK *** May be due to missing lock nesting notation 7 locks held by ln/2974: #0: (sb_writers#15){.+.+.+}, at: [<ffffffff8112bf5b>] mnt_want_write+0x1c/0x40 #1: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#17/1){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8111c928>] kern_path_create+0x76/0x121 #2: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#17){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8111adfd>] vfs_link+0xf3/0x269 #3: (sb_writers#8){.+.+.+}, at: [<ffffffff8112bf5b>] mnt_want_write+0x1c/0x40 #4: (&type->s_vfs_rename_key){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8111cef5>] lock_rename+0x3b/0xdc #5: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9/1){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8111cf78>] lock_rename+0xbe/0xdc #6: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9/2){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8111cf8d>] lock_rename+0xd3/0xdc stack backtrace: CPU: 1 PID: 2974 Comm: ln Tainted: G W 3.15.0-rc6-fsdevel+ #367 Hardware name: /DG965RY, BIOS MQ96510J.86A.0816.2006.0716.2308 07/16/2006 0000000000000000 ffff8800383399c0 ffffffff8148b779 ffffffff81ffa7a0 ffff880038339a80 ffffffff81074b0e ffff880038339a00 ffff880038339a80 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff880000000006 ffffffff00000000 Call Trace: [<ffffffff8148b779>] dump_stack+0x4d/0x66 [<ffffffff81074b0e>] __lock_acquire+0x75a/0x1861 [<ffffffff810762b6>] lock_acquire+0x9c/0x112 [<ffffffff81137121>] ? generic_file_splice_write+0x88/0x154 [<ffffffff811fb909>] ? avc_has_perm+0x1d/0x13b [<ffffffff8148e5cf>] mutex_lock_nested+0x60/0x2ff [<ffffffff81137121>] ? generic_file_splice_write+0x88/0x154 [<ffffffff81137121>] generic_file_splice_write+0x88/0x154 [<ffffffff8113777e>] direct_splice_actor+0x31/0x33 [<ffffffff81137329>] splice_direct_to_actor+0xc6/0x188 [<ffffffff8113774d>] ? opipe_prep.part.8+0x9e/0x9e [<ffffffff8113745e>] do_splice_direct+0x73/0x9b [<ffffffff811e3375>] ovl_copy_up_one+0x509/0x586 [<ffffffff811e3490>] ovl_copy_up+0x9e/0xd3 [<ffffffff811e2063>] ovl_link+0x1f/0x55 [<ffffffff8111ae70>] vfs_link+0x166/0x269 [<ffffffff8111f4fd>] SyS_linkat+0x103/0x21d [<ffffffff814924f4>] tracesys+0xdd/0xe2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html